Subjects Archives: Empire

An extraordinary three-part series on Israeli television, The Atom and Me, lays out how the country got its nuclear weapons.

The White House said it planned to once again invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to extradite Venezuelan nationals.

Bad ideas do not necessarily die; they retire to museums of failure and folly, awaiting to be revived by the next proponent who should know better.

CounterSpin interview with Nancy Altman on Social Security attacks.

Columbia University quickly rolled over for the Trump administration’s demands to suppress pro-Palestinian protests, pulling back the thin veil of liberal academic freedom.

Increasing militarization of the Pacific continues to cause tension inside and outside the region. In Hawai‘i, where the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet is stationed, Indigenous rights advocates have fought for decades against expansive military occupation and use of their lands and surrounding ocean.

Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’, returned from Los Angeles three weeks ago.

Warmongering has reached fever pitch in Europe. It all started with the U.S. under Trump deciding that paying for the military ‘protection’ of European capitals from potential enemies was not worth it.

If they don’t clearly condemn the U.S. treatment of Greenland, the situation will escalate every day, President Egede warned.

Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons, and he is recruiting Elon Musk to help him.

In a rare public denial from the highest levels of government, the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and President Donald Trump all swiftly responded to reports that tech billionaire Elon Musk was scheduled to receive a classified briefing on U.S. war plans for China. 

Authorities arrested and are attempting to deport Khalil, a permanent resident of the United States and prominent figure in last year’s Columbia’s Gaza solidarity encampment.

A consummate technocrat like Mark Carney, committed in his bones to neoliberalism, can only exacerbate the economic pain.

To then ascertain which policies would be necessary to speed up the U.S. economy it is necessary to analyse the underlying relation between changes in the structure of the U.S. economy and changes in U.S. GDP growth rates.

The case, known as ‘Chiles v. Salazar,’ argues that the ban on conversion therapy is a violation of free speech and freedom of religion.

On Tuesday, President Trump illegally fired Democratic FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya.

In quest to de-woke the military, Black troops may be booted in large numbers

This ruling has received limited coverage in Western media outlets, as it confirms the Ukrainian regime’s support of the neo-Nazis through its inaction and refusal to take any measures against the killers.

Yesterday Google bought Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion.

The arrest and possible deportation of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a Green Card holder with a student visa, for his organizing role at Gaza solidarity protests last year has sent shockwaves throughout American society.